THE LIBRARY STAR CHAMBERS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1714, 21 May 1886, Page 2

THE LIBRARY STAR CHAMBERS.

T:' 1 .;"' -'; . .. ./TT:~;. : ; ;,••■■..>)•■:«.> .I.' ' (tO THE EDITOR OF if HE. STANDARD.) , i, '.Siji,— l. am °bot\x surprised and., annoyed to read m this evening's issue that the tibrary Custodian is likely to be. ".discharged, im a .more .civil .and. obliging officer it would' : I) 6' difficult to procure, and I think the reason, given ■ must hurt the feelings of all right-think-;ing; liberal-minded people. The better arrangement I think would be, let the librarian remain and the Committee retire, I have been a subscriber during 'the whole time the Library haR been m existence, but never before realised the" fact that I was being treated as a school-boy and *dnly allowed to read that which has been approved ot by our four masters, and thai we are dependent upon them for the sense te distinguish right from wrong.. Any moral publication, whether it teaches , \lB to wpf ship , the Almightly through " the Sun, ; Mahomet, Jesus, or his M other, ' or to lay aside all these intercedes and lo v ol^ :,jßtr.ajg}it t^i the fountain.head fpr guidance,- »hqu{4 be free to every public table MjtdT accepted witli eratitude. To' refuse is an insult to those .who offer them, and a fraud to' th* subscriber. Many a wanderirig^onie yr ill pass an hour m * free reading - room',; and the very pubiicatioijs. our : Committee., refuse are' those. most likely; to. turn his attention from the public- bouse n'nfl card t^ijljß^tp'.. brij^htW^; B,ud, .-better^'thirigs. #he' du'F yh«»n.naen {at any rate English' men ? with common sensp) Bhall be dictated jas to. what they xhaU and shall not read is I . hope paßt. . Bigotiy and superstition are also passing away,, and unless oar Com- 1 mittee realise these facts they, too must pass out and give !plaoe to men of uiore libefja ide'ai^^am, "&&»$^ ' '" ■ - - - ■:: t - : -\ ' . .; .f.^yenn. ■.. ,?.S;-i-rßelbw* ii« aia 613 rerse which bears pa tb,e;pr«3ent religious party feel ing; which I am sorry., to say prevails m Pahnerston jußtMow. -; ; " ' ' Oh, let contending parties ce'a«e abuse — : Whatever the different, beliefs they \ choq«e. . ■ . .'..-., ; Till liiild benevolence a triumph gains . Over the'anighfcy isthmus that remains ; And.hu titan charity, with rising Wave j'-. Buries distinction m one common grave;; And friends, iroui' bigotry and mulice . • ; -..freeVjVV.v .;'.-'' ■• : '/ ■ ' :.■ '. ' Mingle togefhorin'pite common sea,'